BOISE, ID – The Idaho Steelheads (6-5-1-0, 13pts) fell to the Rapid City Rush (3-6-1-2, 9pts) in overtime Friday night by a final score of 4-3 in front of 5,170 fans, the sixth sellout crowd of the season. Idaho and Rapid City wrap up this week’s three-game series Saturday night at 7:10 p.m.
Lynden McCallum (5th, 6th) scored a pair of first period goals as Maurizio Colella and Brett Davis found the back of the net for Rapid City in the frame. McCallum gave Idaho a 1-0 lead just 2:31 into the game with a wrist shot from the high slot on a feed from Matt Register. Rapid City sent a shot from the blue line that was tipped in front by Colella at 10:40 and then 2:15 later Davis gave the Rush a 2-1 lead with a shot from the right point. McCallum’s second of the period came with just 1.8 seconds left. A hard forecheck in the right corner with Ty Pelton-Byce and Thomas Caron led to McCallum receiving the puck below the right circle where he beat Radomsky low tying the game at 2-2.
After a scoreless second period, Deni Goure gave the Rush a 3-2 lead 68 seconds into the third period with a breakaway goal. Hank Crone (8th) tied the score with 8:39 left in regulation with assists from Caron and Patrick Kudla. The goal came three seconds after a power-play as Kudla from the left circle fed Crone at the right circle where he sent a sneaky wrist show left into the left corner.
Deni Goure called game at 3:06 of overtime beating Ben Kraws with a low wrist shot for the 4-3 victory.
Ben Kraws made 34 saves on 38 shots in the loss while Matt Radomsky made 41 saves on 44 shots in the win.
ICCU Three Stars
1) Deni Goure (RC, 2-0-2, +2, 5 shots)
2) Lynden McCallum (IDH, 2-0-2, +3, 6 shots)
3) Brett Davis (1-1-2, +1, 5 shots)
GAME NOTES
- Idaho went 0-for-6 on the power-play while Rapid City was 0-for-5.
- Idaho outshot Rapid City 44-38.
- Sam Sternschein (IR), Tomas Sholl (DNP), Nick Canade (DNP), and Slava Demin (INJ), and did not dress for Idaho.
- Matt Register becomes one of just 34 players in league history to reach 500 points as he recorded an assist extending his point-streak to five games (1-4-5).
- Lynden McCallum has six goals in his last seven games.
- Ty Pelton-Byce has seven assists in his last seven contests.
- Thomas Caron tallied two assists for his fifth multi-point game of the season and has eight points over his last seven games.
- Reece Harsch tallied an assist in his first game back since Oct. 23 missing the previous nine games with an injury.
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